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TRL finally coming to an end (for real this time?)
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NEW INFO from http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6437771.html
"MTV has narrowed in on a name for its struggling TRL: the more Web-friendly YouRL. A play on the technical term for a Web address, URL — YouRL invokes the Internet and fits the current trend of stressing personalization in naming digital projects. While the show is still in development, YouRL is the leading title, an MTV spokesperson confirmed. MTV executives have said that, when the show relaunches, online participation will be key."
Are you ****ing kidding me?!
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LMAO, the title is kind of a rip off of YouTube.
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Originally posted by Exodus
I have no idea where this bitching about lack of rock is coming from, seriously, look at today's countdown: (I understand you might not consider this rock enough, but let's not complain and take wut we can get) - _ -
10.Gwen Stefani - 4 In The Morning
09.Christina Aguilera - Candyman
08.Daughtry - Home
07.Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around...Comes Around
06.Beyonce f/ Shakira - Beautiful Liar
05.Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
04.Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
03.Hilary Duff - With Love
02.Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
01.Linkin Park - What I've Done
Also, I believe "Sweet Sacrifice" is about #11. ;p
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Maroon 5 are rock?
Oh, and YouRL is about as cheesy as you can get.
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Originally posted by Blanket Jackson
Maroon 5 are rock?
Oh, and YouRL is about as cheesy as you can get.
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Fact: any song with a electric guitar is considered rock
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Originally posted by loose
Fact: any song with a electric guitar is considered rock
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Right...
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Originally posted by Blanket Jackson
"OMG", I think you need to shut the **** up.
Christina's flopping on the countdown with her ****** video, ohhh nooo. Stupid hypocrite. [x2, mother****er].
Did I say 'Rock Top 10'? I also mentioned Nas and Method Man, but I guess they're rock too. ****in' idiot.
Either keep your fat lips shut tight like your mother's rancid ***** or take it to NHB, I'm tired of people like you.
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Why do you even still care so much about TRL when it plays/shows music you hate?
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Originally posted by Blanket Jackson
Right...
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hmm...well they play instruments, so I'm gonna be stereotypical and go with rock type band.
Anyways, YouRL. LMAO. Stick with TRL.
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Originally posted by Exodus
I have no idea where this bitching about lack of rock is coming from, seriously, look at today's countdown: (I understand you might not consider this rock enough, but let's not complain and take wut we can get) - _ -
10.Gwen Stefani - 4 In The Morning
09.Christina Aguilera - Candyman
08.Daughtry - Home
07.Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around...Comes Around
06.Beyonce f/ Shakira - Beautiful Liar
05.Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
04.Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
03.Hilary Duff - With Love
02.Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
01.Linkin Park - What I've Done
Also, I believe "Sweet Sacrifice" is about #11. ;p
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Ok it extemely apparant you dont know what we mean by rock. Maroon 5 does not count. Fall Out Boy counts as half a rock band. Same for that Daughtry song. Even Linkin Park isn't as rock as we would like. We don't mean top 40 rock music. We mean something different. We are not asking for the whole countdown to be rock. I'm perfectly fine with 3-4 of them but they have to be different than the above songs.
On a side note, I couldn't care less about the title of the show.
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Originally posted by yankee04
Ok it extemely apparant you dont know what we mean by rock. Maroon 5 does not count. Fall Out Boy counts as half a rock band. Same for that Daughtry song. Even Linkin Park isn't as rock as we would like. We don't mean top 40 rock music. We mean something different. We are not asking for the whole countdown to be rock. I'm perfectly fine with 3-4 of them but they have to be different than the above songs.
On a side note, I couldn't care less about the title of the show.
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It doesn't make sense to classify artists so loosely when they are "pop" and diehard when they are "rock." EVERYTHING is considered pop nowadays and we just need to get over the fact that the "rock" that was once popular, would fail to exist in today's day and age. If bands aren't willing to convert, then they are going to have to stand the lack of success on charts period. lol, it just makes sense.
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it wouldn't hurt if there was some incubus on the countdown
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Originally posted by Exodus
It doesn't make sense to classify artists so loosely when they are "pop" and diehard when they are "rock." EVERYTHING is considered pop nowadays and we just need to get over the fact that the "rock" that was once popular, would fail to exist in today's day and age. If bands aren't willing to convert, then they are going to have to stand the lack of success on charts period. lol, it just makes sense.
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You're obviously not getting it.
Pop is a type of music. I could care less about hard rock and alternative bands being "pop" as in popular; I'm talking about pop as in Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, etc. There's an excess of it on the countdown. Plus what the **** do you mean by bands not willing to "convert"? That doesn't make any sense. You do know that there are some rock bands out there that do not have any CHR/Top 40 radio support, right?
nine inch nails, for instance, had a #2 album last week with 187k sold, plus their fourth consecutive #1 on Modern Rock a few weeks before, and the last song they ever had played on pop stations was "Closer", or maybe "The Perfect Drug". I don't know or care. TRL refuses to show their videos for an unknown reason, but that's their business, not mine. All I'm saying is that NIN have huge success without "converting" to pop, or whateverthe**** you're talking about. ~_~
Avenged Sevenfold nearly had a retired video last year, without any CHR/Top 40 radio support for "Bat Country", and it hit #1 ten times. Avenged ****ing Sevenfold.
Don't even get me started on Tool...
So, they "fail to exist in today's day and age", huh? Quit talking out of your ass and maybe I'll understand you better.
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Originally posted by loose
Fact: any song with a electric guitar is considered rock
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So B.B. King, Kelly Clarkson, and Avril Lavigne are rock then?
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Originally posted by Blanket Jackson
You're obviously not getting it.
Pop is a type of music. I could care less about hard rock and alternative bands being "pop" as in popular; I'm talking about pop as in Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, etc. There's an excess of it on the countdown. Plus what the **** do you mean by bands not willing to "convert"? That doesn't make any sense. You do know that there are some rock bands out there that do not have any CHR/Top 40 radio support, right?
nine inch nails, for instance, had a #2 album last week with 187k sold, plus their fourth consecutive #1 on Modern Rock a few weeks before, and the last song they ever had played on pop stations was "Closer", or maybe "The Perfect Drug". I don't know or care. TRL refuses to show their videos for an unknown reason, but that's their business, not mine. All I'm saying is that NIN have huge success without "converting" to pop, or whateverthe**** you're talking about. ~_~
Avenged Sevenfold nearly had a retired video last year, without any CHR/Top 40 radio support for "Bat Country", and it hit #1 ten times. Avenged ****ing Sevenfold.
Don't even get me started on Tool...
So, they "fail to exist in today's day and age", huh? Quit talking out of your ass and maybe I'll understand you better.
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You never cease to amaze me with the kind of decency you exhibit on this board. PURE RUBBISH. Johnny, we can have a nice, polite conversation without you either A) introducing the word "****" or B) taking direct hits at someone I know you can do it, cuz most of the time you have some rather interesting points to give...just tone it down plz.
ANYWAYS. It's obvious that w/e you are trying to get at isn't going to happen, so let's stop talking about it. TRL is a VIDEO based countdown so I doubt that the quality of the song or anything asset means anything anymore. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, we'd all love to have NIN on the countdown, but unless THEIR fans don't get to voting, it isn't going to happen. Let's just leave it at the fact that the fans most devoted, happened to come from the pure pop genre (IE Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, & Hilary Duff).
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YouRL??????
It just gets funnier and funnier.
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YouRL
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Quote:
Originally posted by Exodus
You never cease to amaze me with the kind of decency you exhibit on this board. PURE RUBBISH. Johnny, we can have a nice, polite conversation without you either A) introducing the word "****" or B) taking direct hits at someone I know you can do it, cuz most of the time you have some rather interesting points to give...just tone it down plz.
ANYWAYS. It's obvious that w/e you are trying to get at isn't going to happen, so let's stop talking about it. TRL is a VIDEO based countdown so I doubt that the quality of the song or anything asset means anything anymore. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, we'd all love to have NIN on the countdown, but unless THEIR fans don't get to voting, it isn't going to happen. Let's just leave it at the fact that the fans most devoted, happened to come from the pure pop genre (IE Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, & Hilary Duff).
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In all fairness, NIN fans can't get to voting because their videos are never up for vote. It's obvious that the quality of the song means nothing anymore as you said. Just look at the countdown to prove that fact. The reason why the most devoted are the pop genre fans is that the rock genre fans never get a chance to vote for anything for 2 reasons: 1. We have other things to worry about than trl and 2. There are never any good rock videos to vote for. Only pop rock ever makes it to voting.
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You can always vote for a video that's not on the voting list.
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^ And how many people would actually do that
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